Chapter 428: Don't rush to answer

The more Cameron listened, the more frightened he became, and of course, the more heartbroken he became. He didn't expect that Fang Mingyuan would actually go with him. Cameron has always been interested in shipwrecks, and for most of the past six months, in addition to filming "Terminator 2", he has also been reading some information about the Titanic. And what makes Cameron even more incredible is that the story stated by Fang Mingyuan is so in line with his heart, and he has a feeling that he wrote the script himself.

Fang Mingyuan weaved a romantic aiqing story into this tragic catastrophe. In this story, Jack, the handsome and endearing civilian protagonist, and Rose, who is considered an upper-class figure in society, gradually get closer because of a chance encounter, although they have to face the threat of their happiness being destroyed all the time.

As Fang Mingyuan said at the beginning, this is a disaster movie, and at the same time this is an aiqing film, and its background is the stubborn class difference in that era. This is implicitly expressed in the movie through the very different levels of the cabins. If the two protagonists want to come together, they must resist the pressure from the class and overcome the class barrier.

The reason why people are always fascinated by fairy tales like Cinderella is because people hope that one day, they can really become a golden phoenix like Cinderella. At the same time, people are also obsessed with the story of commoners marrying princesses. Fang Mingyuan's story can just satisfy people's psychology

The unprecedented shipwreck, and the romantic aiqing, can attract countless eyes from all shijie people to the movie, and this is the highlight, this is what the audience needs

Gower also listened to it with admiration, and the huge disaster and the romantic aiqing were released on the same stage, forming a huge contrast, which further set off the preciousness of aiqing. And through this aiqing story, the director can take the audience from the bow to the stern of the ship, and see every interesting place on the ship, whether it belongs to the luxury of the upper society or belongs to the simplicity of the people at the bottom. As a result, the audience was able to experience the luxury and optimism of the upper-class people that the vast majority of the passengers on the ship could not grasp at that time. And this shows people's blind confidence in the Titanic at that time.

Although the Titanic can be said to be the most advanced seafaring ship at that time, it is still so fragile in the face of nature's natural might. But the people at that time were unaware of this, and almost fanatically believed that it could never be sunk.

The end result was the death of 1,500 lives, which made mankind realize its insignificance once again.

After listening to Fang Mingyuan's "story", Goyle and Cameron fell into silence for a long time.

"Fang, I appreciate your trust in me, but I need to think about this matter. Cameron was the first to break the silence and speak solemnly. Directing a film with a total budget of up to $300 million is certainly an honor and an affirmation of one's own ability, but it is also a huge pressure with such a big investment, if you can't get enough returns, or even earn back the investment cost, then it will be a huge and even terrible blow to Fang Mingyuan and Cameron himself

In the history of Hollywood, it is not uncommon for big-budget and big-budget films to fail and devastate studios, and there are even precedents in which the ownership of the studios has to be transferred. And for directors, such an experience will also be a tragic event that may affect them for the rest of their lives. So while Cameron is excited, he also has to think about the terrible consequences of failure.

"James, I'm well aware that such a big budget will put a lot of psychological pressure on you, but it doesn't matter, I estimate that this movie won't start until at least the mid-nineties, when the special effects jishu is further developed, and you still have plenty of time to think about it. Moreover, I believe that after the release of "Terminator 2" and "Jurassic Park", the results they have achieved will give you enough confidence" Fang Mingyuan waved his hand indifferently. He didn't expect Cameron to agree immediately, if Cameron said yes on the spot, it would be a little unsettling.

And with this large bait, Cameron will be full of motivation in the near future

Goyle sighed faintly, looking at Fang Mingyuan's gaze full of indescribable brilliance. At this moment, Goyle felt that he was still old, a person who had been in Hollywood for so many years, could only watch a new company, like a rocket, surpass the company he had worked hard for nearly ten years. With a total budget of 300 million US dollars, Emerald Bird Film Company is smashing the pot and selling iron, and I am afraid that it will not be able to come up with such a shooting.

Cooperation? Not to mention how big the risk is and whether the board of directors will agree, but how much can Emerald Bird Pictures invest? If it is 100 million US dollars, it is only a third of the shares, and the budget of 50 million US dollars for "Terminator 2" is all Goyle does not know how many words and concessions he made to get the board of directors to agree. And $50 million is only one-sixth of the total budget of the film.

Although Goyer has a hunch that Fang Mingyuan should not fight an unprepared war, since he dares to bring up this jihua, then he must have a certain degree of certainty, after all, 300 million US dollars is not a decimal number, and no one's money fell from the sky, so it is impossible to use it for a momentary mood. But Gower knew that neither he nor the Emerald Bird Film Company dared to take this risk, and this rare opportunity was likely to be reluctantly given up in the end.

In the following days, Gower transferred another group of people from the Emerald Bird Film Company to assist Cameron in filming the beautiful scenery of Yazhou, Luo Xianli and Yu Linsheng, who learned the news, naturally fully cooperated, and all government departments gave the green light to ensure that Cameron's needs were met in the first time. Asking people to give people and money to money, Luo Xianli and Yu Linsheng took the initiative to visit Cameron and Gower several times.

In their opinion, if they can win the favor of a well-known director like Cameron and the Emerald Bird Film Company, they may get unexpected benefits in the United States in the future. After all, the United States is one of the top powers on Shijie, both economically and militarily, far surpassing other countries. That is, the Soviet Union was barely able to compete with it. But now that the Soviet Union is already in the sunset, it is still counting on capital investment from other countries, and it is simply unable to expand outward. Americans, on the other hand, are wealthy, and they dare to spend $100 million on a movie

In fact, they can't be wrong with this kind of thinking, although it is impossible for Gower and Cameron to make any large-scale investment in Yazhou, but after all, they are also celebrities in Hollywood, and they know countless powerful people.

Therefore, Fang Mingyuan did not stop them, and let them go

Sitting in front of the dock on Wuzhizhou Island, Fang Mingyuan was leisurely looking at the book, and not far away, Chen Zhong and Lin Lian also pulled a few tables and chairs, held up a sun umbrella, and sat there. After this period of time, five villas with all-wooden structures have been built on Wuzhizhou Island, all of which are equipped with household appliances and living facilities, and a small power plant has been built in those remaining military projects, relying on fuel oil to ensure the power supply on the island. Fang Mingyuan wants to use solar and wind power to generate electricity, but it will take time, anyway, even if solar and wind power generation facilities are installed in the end, as a backup power generation device, the existence of oil-fired generators is also needed. To ensure contact with the other side of the sea, there is a radio station, a telephone line across the sea, and three speedboats.

Under the slightly fishy sea breeze, looking at the boundless sea, this feeling is very pleasant, so that Fang Mingyuan has a kind of pleasure from the interference of the world, at this moment, he doesn't have to think about what to do in the future, what to change in the future, how the Fang family will develop in the future, he just needs to lie on the beach chair, bask in the warm sun, and be sleepy.

Just when he seemed to be asleep, the sound of a speedboat came from the sea, and when he looked at the sound, he saw a speedboat coming from the opposite side of the sea, and there were three people on board, Zheng Yan of Huatian Construction Group Co., Ltd. was among them

"Fang Shao, I'm here to disturb again. Zheng Yan smiled and said loudly, "You won't refuse me to go to the island, right?" Now this Wuzhizhou Island is already Fang Mingyuan's private island, if he does not get permission to go to the island, although he will not be pointed at the head at gunpoint like the Americans, but if Chen Zhong throws them all into the sea, it will be unreasonable. After all, nominally speaking, this place still belongs to the Yazhou Naval Base.

And for people like Zheng Yan, the military's deterrent power is much higher than that of local governments.

Fang Mingyuan shook his head helplessly, Chen Zhong walked up to the dock and took the cable and tied it to the cement pile of the dock.

Lin Lian also put away the pen and paper on the table, and sent these things back to the villa, and when she came out again, she was already holding a tray with teapots and teacups on it.

Zheng Yan had already sat next to Fang Mingyuan at this time, and when he saw Lin Lian coming, he hurriedly stood up and stretched out his hand to pick it up.

Lin Lian turned to the side slightly, avoided his hand, put the tray on the table and said, "Mr. Zheng is a guest from afar, how can there be any reason for you to do it." ”

Zheng Yan retracted his hand and sat down again.